Myanmar Junta Sentences Deposed PM to 2 Years

Mark Clouse December 6, 2021

Here is a news blurb report to give you a sense of the latest news out of Myanmar. In the wake of the military coup, the junta has gotten around to sentencing the deposed Prime Minister, Aung San Suu Kyi. She would be sentenced to four years in prison, only to get a bit of a junta pr reprieve in the form of a reduction of her sentence from 4 years to 2 years.

Myanmar junta sentences deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to prison almost a year after seizing power in coup

From www.cbsnews.com
2021-12-06 14:59:00

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Seoul — Aung San Suu Kyi, the 76-year-old Nobel laureate who spent years under house arrest for advocating for democracy under the military dictatorship in her native Myanmar, was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday by the generals who toppled her civilian government almost a year ago. The military junta seized power in February, arresting Suu Kyi and many other politicians and activists in the process.

State television later reported her sentence for incitement was reduced to two years, but it’s just a fraction of the time Suu Kyi is facing once the junta’s courts have heard all the cases pending against her.

All of the charges were laid by the military commanders that deposed her and her democratically elected government in February. The overthrow led to huge street protests in Myanmar, and then violent repression by the army.

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Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyii receives four-year jail sentence – World News

From www.mirror.co.uk
2021-12-06 06:33:39
[email protected] (Abigail O’Leary)
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Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyii has received a four-year jail term on charges of incitement and violations of a law on natural disasters.

The ruling is the first in a series of cases brought against the 76-year-old Nobel laureate since the army seized power on February 1, blocking her National League for Democracy party from starting a second term in office.

The legal official, who insisted on anonymity for fear of being punished by the authorities, said Suu Kyi received two years in prison on each of the two charges.

The incitement case involved statements posted on her party’s Facebook page after she and other party leaders had already been detained by the military, while the coronavirus charge involved a campaign…

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Suu Kyi sentence reduced to 2 years from 4: Myanmar TV

From timesofindia.indiatimes.com
2021-12-06 15:50:43

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Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi has had her sentence reduced from four years to two years after a partial pardon by the head of the military-appointed government, the country’s state television reported on Monday.
Earlier on Monday, a court in Myanmar found Suu Kyi, ousted in a Feb. 1 coup, guilty of charges of incitement and breaching coronavirus restrictions, drawing international outrage at what some critics described as a “sham trial”.
President Win Myint was sentenced to four years’ detention, Myanmar’s state-run broadcaster MRTV reported.
Both Suu Kyi and Win Myint will serve their sentences where they are currently being detained, an undisclosed location, suggesting they will not be sent to prison.

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Myanmar: Unbridled destruction of freedoms as Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced

From www.amnesty.org
2021-12-06 06:23:57

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In response to the sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Campaigns Ming Yu Hah said:

“The harsh sentences handed down to Aung San Suu Kyi on these bogus charges are the latest example of the military’s determination to eliminate all opposition and suffocate freedoms in Myanmar. The court’s farcical and corrupt decision is part of a devastating pattern of arbitrary punishment that has seen more than 1,300 people killed and thousands arrested since the military coup in February.

“There are many detainees without the profile of Aung San Suu Kyi who currently face the terrifying prospect of years behind bars simply for peacefully exercising their human rights. They must not be forgotten and left to their fate.

“As violence escalates, displacing tens of thousands of people and setting up a humanitarian crisis in the middle of an ongoing pandemic, the situation in Myanmar today is alarming in the extreme. Without a decisive, unified and swift international response this can and will get worse.

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The Assassination of Kosmos 1408

Paul Collier November 30, 2021

Kosmos 1408 was lolling across the skies between earth and space, minding its own business, when all of the sudden a smash could be heard, could be felt by the machine that soon sent it tumbling into a sea of fire.

That poor machine was a satellite called Kosmos 1408. F in Chat, first of all, before we go on.

That poor satellite was taken out by a missile that was designed, built, equipped by, and fired by the Russian government. Poor Kosmos 1408 had become the same stuff as targets, ducks in a carnival lined up for an unfair sporting. Poor Kosmos 1408 was blown to smithereens by its own government (I won’t assume the gender here, folks).

The net effect, of course, is that now there is space debris hurtling towards, well, us, you and me. We are all surely about to…ok, so we’re not all about to die, but who knows, some unlucky human might be felled by the chance encounter with the remnant of that sad machine, that satellite, Kosmos 1408.

Needless to say, the world community is not too pleased with this little Top Gun stunt, and formal complaints are sure to follow the public rheotric that has emerged in response to this senseless assassination of Kosmos 1408.

RIP Kosmos 1408. May your death not kill me or anyone I know. Thanks.

Russia Blew Up One of Its Satellites Creating Dangerous Space Debris | by Nabil Alouani | Nov, 2021

From onezero.medium.com
2021-11-30 13:40:01

Excerpt:

Earlier this month, a Russian satellite called Kosmos 1408 exploded, resulting in a cloud of debris that endangered the International Space Station (ISS) and the safety of its seven astronauts.

The explosion was no accident.

The Russian military destroyed Kosmos 1408 using an anti-satellite missile fired from the ground. Upon impact, the old craft shattered into thousands of pieces of space junk that began to race around the earth at high speeds.

The problem with space debris is its destructive power. An object the size of a can of soda can inflict the same damage as 15 pounds of TNT — enough power to pierce through the most solid metallic structures ever built.

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Breaking the Material Mold with Quantum Observations

Paul Collier November 30, 2021

Scientists have discovered a way to unleash a myriad of new property potentials in materials that can be created from simple defects in atomic structures. By observing these defects in nature, they can now study these anomalies and learn to identify the types of unique properties they produce, enabling them, in time, to plan out intentional defect creation to unleash a whole range of new materials with properties we might not even now begin to imagine.

A unique quantum-mechanical interaction between electrons and topological defects in layered materials

From phys.org
2021-11-30 12:42:43

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An international team led by EPFL scientists, has unveiled a unique quantum-mechanical interaction between electrons and topological defects in layered materials that has only been observed in engineered atomic thin layers. The phenomenon can be reproduced by the native defects of lab grown large crystals, making future investigation of Kondo systems and quantum electronic devices more accessible.

The properties of materials that are technologically interesting often originate from defects on their atomic structure. For example, changing the optical properties of rubies with chrome inclusions has helped develop lasers, while nitrogen-vacancy in diamonds are paving the way for applications such as quantum magnetometers. Even in the metallurgical industry, atomic-scale defects like dislocation enhances the strength of forged steel…..

Working with the Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses in Grenoble and Toulouse, they accessed some of the world’s most powerful magnets. The collaboration performed experiments up to 34 Tesla in static conditions and with pulses up to 70 Tesla for a few milliseconds.

“My first guess was that it is a new type form of Kondo effect, despite the fact that we did not introduces magnetic species in the crystal,” says Konstantin Semeniuk, a scientist who worked on the study.

“Once we completed our investigation, the result was clear,” says Martino. “The atomically thin defects create a sort of magnetic wall in the material that bounces back some of the electrons that try to cross it. Unraveling the source of the Kondo effect has shown that thermodynamics can make big surprises. We believe there is a lot more to discover in this field, better understanding of atomic-scale defects by electronic microscopy, local magnetic measurements, and new quantum simulations to understand the formation and effect of such defects in layered materials.”

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The DNC is a Friend of Crime?

Ivo Fysic November 30, 2021

As many Democrats, Mayors, Governors among them, call for defunding the police, for giving political protection to arsonists during ‘peaceful riots,’ as they pass laws removing bail as a requirement for holding suspected criminals in jail, the places where they rule with the most control are in the least control of law and order, to the immediate detriment of the citizens these Democrats serve.

The question might then be asked, are Democrats an impediment to Americans being able to defend themselves from the threats that many Democrats are daily working to create through their invectives that are lobbed like molotov cocktails on the innocent and guilty alike.

Will Democrat legislators protect you from criminals and domestic terrorists?

From winteryknight.com
2021-11-23 15:00:27
Wintery Knight
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Do Democrats care about protecting the people who pay their salaries? Don’t look at what they say – what do their actions say? Let’s take a look at what Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said about criminals in her home state of New York. Then we’ll look at how her position works out in real life for the taxpayers she is supposed to represent.

First story from the New York Post:

Three House Democrats sent a letter to the Big Apple’s five district attorneys Monday demanding answers on how they use cash bail, saying it’s contributing to the ongoing “humanitarian crisis” on Rikers Island.

The letter, sent by Manhattan Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Bronx Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, said the lawmakers have “grave concerns that excessive bail amounts” are forcing detainees to languish in unsafe city lockups simply because they cannot afford to pay.

“High bail amounts lead to a two-tiered system of justice, with those who can afford bail…

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Jab Reprieve for Federal Employees Thanks to Biden

Mark Clouse November 30, 2021

The Biden Administration might be getting more resistance than they thought they would get judging by the recent move to extend the deadline for Federal Workers to get the jab until 2022.

Federal workers get reprieve from vax mandate penalties until 2022

From nypost.com
2021-11-29 21:55:30
Mark Moore
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The Biden administration has told government agencies that they can hold off on disciplining workers who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 until after the holidays, saying the mandate was intended to “protect federal workers, not to punish them.”

The White House originally set a Nov. 22 deadline for federal workers to be fully vaccinated or face suspension or dismissal unless they were granted a religious or medical exemption.

But the Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget said on Monday that noncompliant workers should not be penalized until January in order to allow officials more time to convince holdouts to get inoculated against the coronavirus.

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China Can’t Stop the Deafening Silence from Peng Shuai

Paul Collier November 30, 2021

It seems not even Beijing can conceal the political ruthlessness of its actions from the world even when it comes to how it usually treats its stars, specifically female stars, like sexual conquests for the party elites. The top-ranked doubles tennis player in the world, Peng Shuai, dared to speak out against becoming a sexual conquest by one of the creepy powerful elites of the party, and she quickly disappeared.

With the Olympics Committee serving as China’s apologist, the attempted ruse is not working, and the people of the “West” are now asking questions they should have asked long ago, “what kind of country is China and can we continue to do business with it?”

The Women’s Tennis Association, for one, is not amused at China’s attempts to silence this woman who dared speak out against the party and its decades of sexual conquest of its female ‘starts.’ It doesn’t pay well to become a star in China when the party elite find you sexually conquestable.

Never mind all that, though, King Lebron and the NBA have a great relationship with China, and their social justice work in America surely doesn’t conflict with the reality of the nature of the Chinese state under a totalitarian ruler, Chairman Xi, who serves as the head of the party, the Chinese Communist Party, the big brother, if you will, of what the DNC hopes one day to become (but I digress).

China’s Silence on Peng Shuai Shows Limits of Beijing’s Propaganda

From www.nytimes.com
2021-11-30 12:26:42

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When the Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai accused a former top leader of sexual assault earlier this month, the authorities turned to a tried-and-true strategy. At home, the country’s censors scrubbed away any mention of the allegations. Abroad, a few state-affiliated journalists focused narrowly on trying to quash concerns about Ms. Peng’s safety.

Beijing seems to be relying on a two-pronged approach of maintaining the silence and waiting for the world to move on. The approach suggests that the country’s sprawling propaganda apparatus has limited options for shifting the narrative without drawing more attention to the uncomfortable allegations Beijing hopes would just disappear.

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Ukraine in Trench Warfare Guard Mode in Face of Russian Threat

Freedomist Curator November 30, 2021

Ukraine’s soldiers wait in the trenches for Moscow’s next move | World

From www.thetimes.co.uk
2021-11-30 00:01:00

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The Ukrainian soldier stood in a muddy trench, cigarette cupped in his palm to avoid attracting the attention of Russian-backed separatist fighters less than 350 metres away.

“It’s good weather for reconnaissance scouts,” he said, warily. “No one wants to come out of their warm dugout on a night like this.” It was 9pm and the rainy Ukrainian steppe was pitch dark, shrouded in a dense fog. The sound of artillery and small arms fire could be heard all along the front.

Since fighting began in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region in 2014, a vast labyrinth of trenches has been dug across much of a front line that stretches for over 250 miles. Tensions have increased across the region in recent weeks amid fears that Russia

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Federal Judge Fails to Protect Chicago City Workers from Jab or Fired Order

Freedomist Editor November 30, 2021

Another DNC-appointed Judge is failing to recognize even basic constitutional rights, this time, it’s the very right to property itself, in the form of your own person not being forced to take a vaccine.

The Judge makes the usual argument that it’s safety over freedom and we’re probably all gonna die from covid if we don’t surrender all our sovereignty to the state, or words to that effect. The Judge in question is Judge John Z. Lee, a Federal District Judge of Northern Illinois.

Judge says Chicago city workers have no constitutional right to spurn vaccinations – Cook County Record

From cookcountyrecord.com

Excerpt:

A federal judge has explained he recently refused to block the Illinois governor and Chicago mayor from forcing COVID-19 vaccinations upon Chicago city workers, saying the workers’ evidence against the value of vaccines was “slim” and the city’s evidence in favor was “substantial.”

Judge John Z. Lee, of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, issued the explanation Nov. 24, declaring the workers “do not have a fundamental constitutional right to refuse COVID-19 vaccinations.”

On Oct. 21, a group of employees of Chicago’s fire, water and transportation departments asked Lee to stop Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot from ordering them to be vaccinated and tested for COVID-19 or risk losing their jobs. The workers claim the mandate trespasses on their rights to bodily autonomy.

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Solar Winds Brought Water to Earth?

Parker Davis November 30, 2021

Solar winds blew dust onto the face of the earth, from which water was created. This is the current theory emerging from a group of researchers out of the University of Glassgow.

Mystery surrounding origin of water on Earth solved by new research

From metro.co.uk
2021-11-30 11:07:11
Nina Massey
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Researchers may have solved a mystery about the origins of Earth’s water, finding the Sun to be a surprising source.

The scientists describe how new analysis of an ancient asteroid suggests extra-terrestrial dust grains carried water to Earth as the planet formed.

According to the study, the water in the dust was produced by ‘space weathering’.

Researchers found the solar wind, made up of charged particles from the Sun, created water on the surface of dust grains carried on asteroids that smashed into the Earth during the early days of the Solar System.

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Will Omicron Lead to World Peace?

Ivo Fysic November 30, 2021

World Leaders ponder the creation of a world treaty to allow for governments to universally address the rising threat to the world that the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus is, even if it’s not at all sure that it is. Either way, even if Omicron is all contagious and mild symptoms, a reprieve from the daily mullings of wanna-be world rulers fighting over scraps of better than their neighbors is welcome nonetheless

As omicron variant alarm spreads, countries mull a radical ‘pandemic treaty’

From www.washingtonpost.com
2021-11-30 17:01:40
By Adam Taylor
Excerpt:

Omicron was the Black Friday surprise no one wanted. But this mysterious and alarming new coronavirus variant has injected itself into a global debate about vaccine inequality and pandemic responses at a potentially crucial moment.

Less than a week after the new variant was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) by South Africa, global leaders met Monday to discuss the creation of a new international agreement to better deal with historic outbreaks — what some advocates have dubbed a “pandemic treaty.” The special session of the World Health Assembly (WHA), only the second ever held by the WHO’s governing body, is expected to last until Wednesday.